Haworth and the Brontë Way
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Our view
"Across the wild Pennine moors to the romantic ruin of Top Withuns."
Walk directions
Take the cobbled lane beside The King’s Arms, signed to the Brontë Parsonage Museum. The lane soon becomes a paved field path that leads to the Haworth–Stanbury road. Walk left along the road and, after just 75yds (69m), take a left fork, signed to Penistone Hill. Continue along this quiet road to a T-junction.
Follow the track opposite, signed to the Brontë Waterfall. Becoming a path, it eventually descends to South Dean Beck where, close to the stone bridge, you will find the Brontë Seat (a boulder that resembles a chair) and the Brontë Waterfall. Cross the bridge and climb steeply uphill to a kissing gate and three-way sign.
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Additional information
Terrain
- Well signed and easy to follow
Landscape
- Open moorland
Dog friendliness
- On lead near sheep on open moorland
Parking
- Pay-and-display car park, near Brontë Parsonage
Toilets en route
- At entrance to car park
About the walk
Who could have imagined, when the Revd Patrick Brontë became curate of the Church of St Michael and All Angels in 1820, that the little gritstone town of Haworth would become a literary hot spot to rival Grasmere and Stratfordupon-Avon? But visitors flock here in great numbers: some to gain...
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About the area
Everybody knows that Yorkshire has some special landscapes. The Dales and the Moors first spring to mind, but what about West Yorkshire? That’s Leeds and Bradford isn’t it? Back-to-back houses and blackened mills… Certainly if you had stood on any of the hills surrounding Hebden Bridge a hundred years ago, and gazed down into the valley, all you would have seen was the pall of smoke issuing from the chimneys of 33 textile mills.
Nearby places to stay
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Nearby places to stay
Old White Lion Hotel
Old White Lion Hotel is a 300-year-old coaching inn with 14 well-equipped en-suite rooms. Family-run, the hotel on Haworth’s cobbled main street is close to the Bronte Parsonage Museum ...
The Fleece Inn
Most tourists visit Haworth for the Brontë Sisters. Now a museum, The Parsonage, where they lived, is further up the cobbled hill from the cosy guest rooms of The Fleece Inn. Some visit...
Higher Scholes Cottage
Higher Scoles Cottage is set in the heart of Brontë Country and commands stunning views of the romantic moors. This luxury cottage is the perfect place to find some peace and quiet, wit...
Higher Scholes Cottage
Higher Scoles Cottage is set in the heart of Brontë Country and commands stunning views of the romantic moors. This luxury cottage is the perfect place to find some peace and quiet, wit...
Upwood Holiday Park
With panoramas of the surrounding moors and the Aire Valley, Upwood Holiday Park’s accommodation portfolio even includes Mongolian yurts. In the clubhouse is the Upwood Inn, with pool t...
Ploughcroft Cottage
At 1000ft above sea level, Ploughcroft Cottage is in a unique position set in a rural vista only five minutes’ drive from Halifax town centre. Off-road parking is available as well as a...
Shawclough Barn
High on the Lancashire and Yorkshire border, Shawclough Barn boasts breathtaking views from one of the highest hills in Pendle. Well-positioned for day trips to the Yorkshire Dales and ...
Shawclough Barn
High on the Lancashire and Yorkshire border, Shawclough Barn boasts breathtaking views from one of the highest hills in Pendle. Well-positioned for day trips to the Yorkshire Dales and ...
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